Award
Knight of the Legion of Honour
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Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps
1774-03-24 – 1849-05-08
Life & Legacy
Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps (24 March 1774, in Dreux, Eure-et-Loir – 8 May 1849, in Paris) was a French medical doctor and botanist. The standard author abbreviation Loisel. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
He was the author of and contributor to a number of works on medicine and botany. He was elected to the Académie Nationale de Médecine in 1823 and was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1834.
He is commemorated with the botanical genera Loiseleuria (Desv., 1813) and Longchampia (Willd., 1811). His son was the Indologist, Auguste-Louis-Armand Loiseleur-Deslongchamps.
Occupation & Career
botanist, physician
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Knight of the Legion of Honour
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Knight of the Legion of Honour
Organizations & Memberships
Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen · Académie Nationale de Médecine
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Family Child
Auguste-Louis-Armand Loiseleur-Deslongchamps
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Family Spouse
Catherine-Françoise Mallet
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